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FemtoSats for Exploring Permanently Shadowed Regions on the Moon
Alvaro Diaz-Flores, José Fernández, Leonard Vance +2
The recent, rapid advancement in space exploration is thanks to the accelerated miniaturization of electronics components on a spacecraft that is reducing the mass, volume and cost…
Development and Testing of an Engineering Model for an Asteroid Hopping Robot
Greg Wilburn, Himangshu Kalita, Jekan Thangavelautham
The science and origins of asteroids is deemed high priority in the Planetary Science Decadal Survey. Two of the main questions from the Decadal Survey pertain to what the "initial…
Building Small-Satellites to Live Through the Kessler Effect
Steven Morad, Himangshu Kalita, Ravi teja Nallapu +1
The rapid advancement and miniaturization of spacecraft electronics, sensors, actuators, and power systems have resulted in growing proliferation of small-spacecraft. Coupled with…
GNC Challenges and Opportunities of CubeSat Science Missions Deployed from the Lunar Gateway
Himangshu Kalita, Miguel Donayre, Victor Padilla +6
The Lunar Gateway is expected to be positioned on-orbit around the Moon or in a Halo orbit at the L2 Lagrange point. The proposed Lunar Gateway is a game-changer for enabling new,…
Guidance, Navigation and Control of Asteroid Mobile Imager and Geologic Observer (AMIGO)
Greg Wilburn, Himangshu Kalita, Aman Chandra +3
The science and origins of asteroids is deemed high priority in the Planetary Science Decadal Survey. Major scientific goals for the study of planetesimals are to decipher geologic…
Laser Communication and Coordination Control of Spacecraft Swarms
Himangshu Kalita, Leonard Vance, Vishnu Reddy +1
Swarms of small spacecraft offer whole new capabilities in Earth observation, global positioning and communications compared to a large monolithic spacecraft. These small spacecraf…
Automated Design of CubeSats and Small Spacecrafts
Himangshu Kalita, Jekan Thangavelautham
The miniaturization of electronics, sensors and actuators has enabled the growing use of CubeSats and sub-20 kg spacecraft. Their reduced mass and volume has the potential to trans…